Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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. ' Kmsasier- s Bf e!fKsr ' ; w. ' «3 MAK -«e96«»i-m t». . -- - . ■■. , VARSITY WRESTLING RECORD BHS OPPONENT OPP. 30 Oak Hill 45 11 Ft. Wayne Wayne 56 33 Elwood 36 23 Jay County 47 16 Adams Central 48 48 BluHton 24 4 Tipton 65 28 South Adams 41 21 Peru 39 25 Norwell 29 36 Eastbrook 29 5th CIC 4th Sectional 4th Madision-Grant Tourney Flexibility helps Kurt Hardley in his attempt to break down his man with the overall objective of pinning his opponent to the mat. The end-of-period buzzer is anxiously awaited by Bruin grappler Leon Schmidt, as it would give him a much needed chance for a breath. Wrestling 107

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Five went to Regional fj| Sending five wrestlers to Regional, one individual to semi- state, and placing fifth in the CIC meet highlighted an other- wise so-so season for the Bruin grapplers. They finished the season with one victory to seven defeats. Senior Mark Stultz, along with juniors Leon Schmidt, Ran- dy Abbott. Kevin White, and sophomore Brian Slater, all advanced from the Huntington Sectional to the Regional at Fort Wayne. Only Abbott advanced to the semi-state, be- cause of a default. All five wrestlers took seconds at Hun- tington, with Abbott placing third and Stultz placing fourth at Fort Wayne. Senior Greg White placed first his weight class at the conference meet, where the team was fifth overall. Junior Kevin White, Greg ' s brother, finished second in the heavyweight class, and Schmidt and Abbott took fourth in their weight classes. I believe we accomplished several of the goals we set out to achieve at the start of the year, the two most important of which were to show individual improvement and gain respect within the school, stated Dan Seymour, first-year head coach. (Right) CIC champion Greg White rides out his opponent to gain his conference title as teammates cheer him on. (Below) Junior Randy Abbott executes an escape move trying to get away from his opponent. Top heavyweight wrestler Kevin White receives his last-minute instructions from Coach Dan Seymour before entering for his match. WRESTLING TEAM: (Front Row) Craig Wright, Kevin White, Brian Smith, Mark Stultz, Greg White, Mark Trees, Rodney Abbott, Steve Trees. (Back Row) Randy Abbott, Rick Tarr, Lance Deffenbaugh, Mike Sills, Kurt Hardley, Mike Herr, Brian Bowman, Ke- vin Wentz. 106 Wrestiing

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Young squad tallies 21-2 The track team ended the season with winning record of 21-2 in regular meets, with second place in the CIC, and second at the South Adams Relays. Coach Chris Coy summarized, We h ad some super per- formances turned in for a young squad. The team was young, indeed, as the squad carried only four seniors. Impressive performers through the year were Rich Roark in the high jump, Greg Osborn in distance races, Rick Shrock and Evan Pethtel in the hurdles, Brad Everhart in the pole vault, and John Eppard in weight events. Two school records were broken. Roark broke the high jump record at 6-3, and Everhart topped the school pole vault record with a jump of 13-3. Four tracksters advanced to the Regional. Eppard placed fourth in the Sectional in the shot put and eighth in the Regional. Osborn was third in the Sectional to advance in the mile. Pethtel and Shrock were third and fourth, respec- tively, in the hurdles, and Pethtel fifth in the Regional. TRACK TEAM: (Bottom Row) Coach Chris Coy, Mike Baughey, Kent Havens, Buddy Geesaman, Randy Hall, Tom Norton, Scott Stallmlth, Eric Kemp, Bill Denny, Patrick Redmond, Tommy Brown, Dave Powell, Larry Gross, Eric Johnson, Coach Doug Osborn. (Row 2) Ed Townsend, Bri- an Smith, Gregg Mounsey, Gregg Osborn, Dave Reidy, Tom Thiery, Don Mitchell, Mike Williams, Fred Cameron, Tom Applegate, Brian Langdon, Brad Everhart, Jeff Baker, Kevin White, Hai Koughn. (Row 3) Brad Rogers, John Eppard, Rich Roark, Kris Dearduff, Steve Skiiien, Ron Baker, Marty Lechien, Keith Miiier, Scott Klm- mel, Keiiy Armfleid, Rick Shrock, Kevin Fettig, Lyndaii Montgomery, Greg Peters. Senior John Eppard warms up for his Regional- bound throw in the shot-put. He placed fourth in the shot and fifth In discus. 108 Track Pole vaulter Brad Everhart clears the bar and, al- though only a Junior, breaks the old school record with a Jump of 13-3.